PR Questions

I am a web developer. In the last year and a half, I've been working on several ideas, one after the other. I found that as much as I enjoy developing them, in the end, I keep bumping my head...

Marketing Advertising PR

asked Apr 16 '11 at 17:06

Vondip
584 points

For someone who is not in a popular incubator like YC or 500Startups, how could you get journalists or blogs to write an article about you? It seems for those startups it's very easy as the...

Media List PR Publicity

asked Jan 31 '14 at 18:46

Tim
670 points

I keep reading about how search engines like google keep changing and optimizing their algorithms so I wonder how effective SEO is beyond the basics of having the right keywords, robots.txt, etc...

Marketing PR SEO

asked Feb 9 '13 at 04:47

Zugwalt
135 points

I recently spoke to the Director of Sales of a new, successful CRM software. He said a key part of their marketing is PR and getting the media to talk about them. We're building a software for...

Marketing Software Inbound Marketing PR Small Business

asked Jan 1 '13 at 05:50

Sguptaet
242 points

We just released a Press Release that was a flop. I've been trying to figure out what that is, especially compared to the Press Release I sent out 10 years ago for a physical product I invented; I...

Marketing PR Website Promotion Press Release

asked Aug 8 '11 at 00:23

Slandau
203 points

I'm looking for a a recommendation for a startup-friendly PR firm. Anyone have a firm they'd recommend? I see this question but there aren't any recent answers to the question. Anyone have any new...

Marketing Recommendations PR

asked Jun 10 '11 at 07:21

Joseph Fung
1,542 points

I am curious if anyone has had luck pitching their startups to publications like TechCrunch or ReadWriteWeb. Also, what is an effective pitch structure/template/approach?

PR

asked May 19 '11 at 02:01

Genadinik
1,821 points

I have an early-stage site that I think is pretty good. I won't put the link here because I don't want to seem like spam. But the link is in my bio. While I have been able to get some attention to...

Marketing PR Promotion

asked Mar 27 '11 at 08:26

Genadinik
1,821 points

Has anyone ever had a start-up which was covered by TC? If so, how much traffic does it send your way? Have people seen a significant SEO boost from their links to their site? Is their coverage...

Marketing PR

asked Mar 27 '11 at 16:15

Genadinik
1,821 points

I've landed a few interviews for our startup that is about to go live at the end of the month. Would really love some tips on how to talk to the media folks (editors of the news technical sites)...

PR Interviews News Release

asked Jan 13 '11 at 03:42

Igorek
886 points

Pat and I are interviewing Trent Freeman, president of PRTechConnect, a new PR firm specializing in startups, with startup-level pricing on April 12th for the Startup Success Podcast. What...

Media List PR Press Release Buzz

asked Apr 3 '10 at 03:43

Bob Walsh
2,620 points

I've long held the opinion that a PR firm is one of the sound, early stage, marketing investments a company can make but that such a firm has to excel at traditional PR as well as managing speaking...

Marketing PR

asked Oct 14 '09 at 10:50

Paul O'brien
521 points